From the outside looking in with no particular interest in the debate, I gotta say that it seems like you're taking the death of UM line a little personally, monkey. I picked up a few of the sets, but there do seem to be a lot sitting around at my local TRUs. It stinks that we'll never see the Invisible Man, but I think they got the heavy hitters of that line out. Is Thief of Thieves a more viable line? Probably not, they're not really in direct competition. UM had a good run, honestly, not being a huge fan, I'm surprised it got more than 1 wave and boxsets (undoubtedly more than ToT will get). It was good, but it's over. I agree with almost everyone in that the minimate brand appears strong and I'm grateful for that. With that, the creators get some benefit of the doubt, even if I don't always agree with their moves or reasoning.